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Police: Sketch of Boynton Beach murder suspect released

Boynton Beach Police released a sketch Thursday of a man suspected of shooting a 27-year-old Boynton man to death in May.

The investigation of 27-year-old Edward Morton’s death on May 27 continues with the release forensic sketch of the man suspected of shooting Morton outside his parents’ Boynton Beach home on the 400 block of Northwest Third Avenue.

Morton answered the door at around 10 p.m. and the suspect, wearing all black clothing, shot him in the face and fled, according to police. Morton was rushed to Delray Medical Center, where he died.

Detectives said in May they have reason to believe the suspect and Morton knew each other and that the shooting was not random.

Court records show Morton had been arrested six times in Palm Beach County since 2008, mostly for either drug possession charges or misdemeanors.

“He had no enemies,” Ivanna Cox, friend of Morton, said in May. “For somebody just to come into his house and shoot him like this, it’s shocking. I’m torn up. It’s very hard to make sense of it.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective William Muhleisen at 742-6138 or Detective Midian Diaz at 742-6113 or Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County at 800-458-TIPS.